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PASSION STORY: 



PASSION, DEATH AND RESURRECTION 
OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, 

5U Jlttorbfb bg t|jc 4f our fbartqriists, 
MATTHKW. MARK, LIKE AND JOHN. 



Rev. S. E. Ochsenfokd, A. M. 



" fiehold the Lamb of God, which takrth away (he rin of th* 
world."— John 1 : 29. 



•~h-BEING A CONNECTED NARRATIVE-**— 



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G . W. FREDERICK, PUBLISHER, 

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Copyrighted, 1889, by G. W. Frederick. 




PREFATORY NOTE. 



^KHIS little volume speaks for itself. It lays no 
^ claim to originality ; but it is a compilation. 
The matter presented is given in the words of Holy 
Scripture. Different Harmonies of the Gospels 
have been compared and carefully studied, and the 
following pages are the result. A connected and 
continuous narrative of the Passion of our Blessed 
Lord cannot but prove interesting and profitable 
to all students of the Bible. 

This little book is not intended to supplant 
Dr. Green wald's excellent volume, — " Meditations 
for Passion- Week ;" but it simply is an attempt to 
give a chronological account of the memorable 
and momentous events of Passion-Week., as they 
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have been so graphically recorded by the four 
Evangelists. With this narrative before them, the 
worshipers in the sanctuary, during the services of 
Holy Week, cannot help but enter deeply and de- 
voutly into the history, meaning and results of the 
sufferings of our Blessed Lord. 

iMay the perusal of these pages be both de- 
lightful and profitable to all into whose hands they 
may fall. And to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit 
be all the honor and praise, world without end. 
Amen. 

S. E. O. 

Selinsgrove> Pa. , 

Ask Wednesday 1889. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Chapter. Pag*- 

I. Events of Palm-Sunday, ... 9 

II. Monday, the Eleventh of Nisan, 16 

III. Tuesday's Doings and Teaching, 18 

IV. Tuesday's Doings and Teaching — 

(Concluded), '. . 35 

V. Wednesday, the Thirteenth of 

Nisan, 48 

VI. An Eventful Thursday, ... 50 
VII. An Eventful Thursday — (Contin- 
ued), 59 

VIII. An Eventful Thursday — (Conclu- 
ded), 72 

IX. Good Friday, 82 

X. Good Friday — (Concluded). ... 91 

XI. Silent Saturday, 100 

XII. Easter Sunday, 101 

XIII. Events Subsequent to the Res- 
urrection, no 



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CHAPTER I. 

Events of. Palm-Sunday (ioth of Nisan). — Matt. 21 : 
1-1 7 ; Mark 11 : 1-11 ; Luke 79 : 29-44 ; John 12 : 12-36. 
Jesus leaves Bethany — Sends for the Colt — Triumphal 
Procession— Hosannas — Weeps over Jerusalem — Enters 
the City and Temple— Greeks zvish to see Jesus— the voice 
from Heaven — Jesus explains it— Jesus and Disciples re- 
turn to Bethany. 

On the next day [Sunday, now Palm-Sunday] 
much people that were come to the feast (of the 
Passover), when they heard that Jesus was coming 
to Jerusalem, took branches of palm-trees, and 
went forth to meet him. 

And it came to pass when he drew nigh to Jeru- 
salem and was come nigh to Bethphage and Betha- 
ny, at the mount called the Mount of Olives, then 
sent Jesus two disciples, saying " Go unto them, 



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into the village over against you, and straightway, 
as soon as ye enter into it, ye shall find an ass tied, 
and a colt with her, whereon yet never man sat, 
loose them and bring them unto me. And if any 
man say unto you, ' Why do ye this?' say ye to 
him, ' The Lord hath need of them and straight- 
way he will send them hither." 

All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by the prophet, saying, "Tell ye the 
daughter of Zion, behold thy King cometh unto 
thee, meek and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the 
foal of an ass." 

And the disciples, that were sent, went their way, 
and found even as he had said unto them, viz., the 
colt tied by the door without in a place where two 
wpys met, and they loosen him. And as they were 
loosening the colt, the owners thereof said unto 
them, " Why loosen ye the colt ?" And they said, 
"The Lord hath need of him," even as Jesus had 
commanded. And they let him go. 

And they brought the ass, and the colt to Jesus ; 
and they cast their garments upon the colt, and 
they set Jesus thereon ; as it is written, " Fear not, 
daughter of Zion ; behold, thy King cometh, sit- 



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ting on an ass's colt." These things understood 
not his disciples at first ; but when Jesus was glori- 
fied, then remembered they that these things were 
written of him, and that they had done these things 
unto him. And as he went, a very great multitude 
spread their clothes in the way ; others cut down 
branches from the trees and strewed them in the 
way. And when he was come nigh, even now at 
the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole mul- 
titude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise 
God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that 
they had seen, saying, "Blessed be the King that 
cometh in the name of the Lord ; peace in heaven, 
and glory in the highest." The people, therefore, 
that were with him when he called Lazarus out ot 
his grave and raised him from the dead, bare re- 
cord. For this cause the people also met him, for 
they had heard that he had done this miracle. 

And some of the Pharisees from among the mul- 
titude said unto him, 11 Master, rebuke thy disci- 
ples." And he answered and said unto them, l< I 
tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the 
stones would immediately cry out." And the multi- 
tude that went before and that followed, cried, say- 



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ing, " Hosanna to the Son of David : Blessed is he 
that cometh in the name of the Lord ; Hosanna in 
the highest. Blessed be the kingdom of our father 
David, that cometh in the name of the Lord ; 
Hosanna in the highest." 

And when he had come near, he beheld the city 
and wept over it, saying, " If thou hadst known, 
even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which 
belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from 
thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, 
that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, 
and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every 
side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and 
thy children within thee. And they shall not 
leave in thee one stone upon another ; because 
thou knewest not the time of thy visitation/ ' 

And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the 
city was moved, saying " Who is this ?" And the 
multitude said, ' ' This is Jesus the prophet of Naza- 
reth of Galilee.' ' And Jesus entered into Jerusalem 
and into the temple. The Pharisees therefore said 
among themselves, "Perceive ye how ye prevail 
nothing? Behold the world is gone after him." 
And the blind and the lame came to him in the 



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temple ; and he healed them. And when the chief 
priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he 
did, and the children crying in the temple and say- 
ing, " Hosanna to the Son of David they were 
sore displeased and said unto him, " Hearest thou 
what these say?" And Jesus saith unto them, 
1 ' Yea. have ye never read, ' Out of the mouth of 
babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?' " 
And when he had looked round about upon all 
things, and now the eventide was come, he left 
them and went out. And there were certain Greeks 
among them that came up to worship at the feast ; 
the same came therefore to Philip, which was of 
Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, "Sir, 
we would see Jesus." Philip cometh and telleth 
Andrew ; and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. 
And Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour is 
come, that the Son of man should be glorified. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a corn of 
wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; 
but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that 
loveth his life shall lose it ; and he that hateth his 
life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If 
any man serve me, let him follow me ; and where I 



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am, there shall also my servant be ; if any man 
serve me, him will my Father honor. Now is my 
soul troubled ; and what shall I say ? Father, save 
me from this hcur ; but for this cause came I unto 
this hour. Father, glorify thy name. ' ' Then came 
there a voice from heaven, saying, "I have both 
glorified it, and will glorify it again.' ' The people 
therefore that stood by and heard it, said that it 
thundered; others said, " An angel spoke to him.' * 
Jesus answered and said, " This voice came not be- 
cause of me, but for your sakes. Now is the judg- 
ment of this world, now shall the prince of this 
world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from 
the earth, will draw all men unto me." This he 
said, signifying what death he should die. The 
people answered him, " We have heard out of the 
Law that Christ abideth forever ; and how sayest 
thou, ' The Son of man must be lifted up ?' Who 
is this Son of man ?" Then Jesus said unto them, 
"Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk 
while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon 
you ; for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not 
whither he goeth. While ye have the light, be- 



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lieve in the light, that ye may be the children of 
light." 

These things spoke Jesus and departed, and did 
hide himself from them, and went out of the city 
unto Bethany with the twelve ; and he lodged there. 




CHAPTER II. 

Monday, the Eleventh of Nisan. — The Second 
Day's Events— Matt 21; 18-22; Mark 11: 12-19; Luke 
19: 45-48.— Jesus returns to Jerusalem — The Barren Fig- 
tree— Jesus Cleanses the Temple — Returns to Bethany, 

And on the morrow, in the morning [of Mon- 
day,] when they were come from Bethany, as he 
returned into the city, he was hungry. And when 
he saw a fig tree in the way, afar off, having leaves, 
he came, if haply he might find anything thereon ; 
and when he came to it,, he found nothing but 
leaves, for the time of figs was not yet. And Jesus 
answered and said unto it, i 'No man eat fruit of 
thee hereafter forever." And his disciples heard 
it. And presently the fig tree withered away. 

And they came to Jerusalem, and Jesus went into 
the Temple of God, and began to cast out them 
that sold therein, and them that bought in the tem- 
ple, and overthrew the tables of the money chang- 



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«rs and the seats of them that sold doves ; and 
would not suffer that any man should carry any 
vessel through the temple. And he taught, saying 
unto them, 11 Is it not written, 1 My house shall be 
called of all nations the house of prayer?' but ye 
have made it a den of thieves.' ' And the scribes 
and chief priests heard it. 

And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief 
priests and the scribes and the chief of the people 
sought how they might destroy him, and could not 
find what they might do ; for they feared him, be- 
cause the people were very attentive to hear him, 
and were astonished at his doctrine. 

And when even was come, he went out of the 
city. 




CHAPTER III. 



Tuesday's Doings and Teachings.— - The Third 
Day^s Events : — Matt 21 : 23-26 : 2 ; Mark 11 : 20-14 : 1 > 
Luke 20-22 : 1 ; John 12 37-50,— Jesus returns to Jerusa- 
lem — The Fig-tree again — Christ's Authority Ques- 
tioned ; His Answer— Parables of the Father and his two 
Sons— Vineyard let out to Husbandmen— Marriage Sup' 
per. Question concerning Tribute — The Question of the 
Resurrectio7i — The Great Commandment — What think ye 
of Christ? — Warnings — The Widow' s Mite— Infidelity of 
the Jews — Woes pronounced on the Pharisees. 

And in the morning [of Tuesday], as they passed 
by [on their way from Bethany to Jerusalem], they 
saw the fig tree had dried up from the roots. And 
Peter calling to remembrance, saith unto him, 
' ' Master, behold the fig tree which thou cursedst 
is withered away." And Jesus answering saith 
unto them, li Have faith in God. For verily I say 
unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this moun- 
tain, ' Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the 
sea; ' and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall be- 



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lieve that those things which he saith shall come to 
pass ; he shall have whatsoever he saith. There- 
fore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, 
when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye 
shall have them. And when ye stand praying, for- 
give if ye have aught against any ; that your Father 
which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. 
But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father 
which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.' ' 

And they came again to Jerusalem. And it came 
to pass, that as he was walking in the temple, and 
taught the people and preached the Gospel, the 
chief priests, the scribes and the elders of the peo- 
ple came to him as he was teaching, and spake unto 
him, saying, "Tell us, by what authority doest 
thou these things? or, who is he that gave thee 
this authority?" And Jesus answered and said 
unto them, " I will also ask of you one question, 
which if ye tell me, I in like manner will tell you 
by what authority I do these things. The baptism 
of John, whence was it ? from heaven, or of men ? 
answer me." And they reasoned with themselves, 
saying, c 'If we shall say 'From heaven,' he will 
say, 1 Why then did ye not believe him ?' But if 



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we shall say, ' Of men/ all the people will stone 
us." For all men counted John, that he was a 
prophet indeed. And they answered and said unto 
Jesus, n We cannot tell whence it was." And Jesus 
answering said unto them, " Neither do I tell you 
by what authority I do these things. ' ' 

1 ' But what think ye, a certain man had two 
sons ; and he came to the first, and said, ' Son, go 
work to-day in my vineyard.' ' He answered and 
said, * I will not ; but afterward he repented, and 
went. And he came to the second, and said like- 
wise. And he answered and said, 1 1 go, sir and 
went not. Whether of them twain did the will of 
his father?" They say unto him, " The first." 
Jesus saith unto them. " Verily, I say unto you, 
the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom 
of God before you. For John came unto you in 
the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; 
but the publicans and the harlots believed him ; 
and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not after- 
ward, that ye might believe him." 

' ' Hear another parable : There was a certain 
householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged 
it round about, and digged a wine-press in it, and 



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built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and 
went into a far country for a long time. And at the 
season, when the time of the fruit drew near, he 
sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might 
receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the 
vineyard. But the husbandmen caught him and 
beat him and sent him away empty. And again he 
sent unto them another servant ; and at him they 
cast stones and wounded him in the head and treat 
ed him shamefully and sent him away empty. And 
again he sent a third, and him they killed and cast 
him out ; and many others, beating some and kill- 
ing some. Having yet therefore one son, his well- 
beloved, the lord of the vineyard said, * What 
shall I do ? I will send my well-beloved son.' He 
sent him also last unto them, saying, ' It may be 
they will reverence him, when they see him.' But 
when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned 
among themselves, saying, ' This is the heir ; come 
let us kill him and let us seize on his inheritance, 
that the inheritance may be our's.' So they took 
and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. 
When the lord, therefore, of the vineyard cometh, 
what will he do unto those husbandmen ?" They 



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say unto him, * ' He will miserably destroy those 
wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other 
husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in 
their season." And when they heard it they said, 
" God forbid." And he beheld them and said unto 
them, " Did ye never read in the Scriptures, * The 
stone which the builders rejected, the same is be- 
come the head of the corner? This is the Lord's 
doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.' Therefore 
I say unto you, the kingdom of God shall be taken 
from you and be given to a nation bringing forth 
the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this 
stone shall be broken ; but on whomsoever it shall 
fall, it will grind him to powder." And when the 
chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, 
they perceived that he spoke of them. But when 
they sought the same hour to lay hands on him, 
they feared the multitude, because they took him 
for a prophet ; for they knew that he had spoken 
the parable against them. And they left him and 
went their way. 

And Jesus answered and spake unto them again 
by parables, and said, ' ' The kingdom of heaven is 
like unto a certain king, which made a marriage 



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for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them 
that were bidden to the wedding ; and they would 
not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, 
saying, "Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I 
have prepared my dinner ; my oxen and my fat- 
lings are killed, and all things are ready : come 
unto the marriage.' But they made light of it, and 
went their ways, one to* his farm, another to his 
merchandise ; and the remnant took his servants, 
and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But 
when the king heard thereof, he was wroth ; and 
he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those mur- 
derers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to 
his servants, i The wedding is ready, but they which 
were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore 
into the high-ways, and as many as ye shall find, 
bid to the marriage.' So those servants went out 
into the highways, and gathered together all as 
many as they found,, both bad and good ; and the 
wedding was furnished with guests. And when the 
king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man 
which had not on a wedding garment ; and he saith 
unto him, 1 Friend, how earnest thou in hither not 
having on a wedding garment ? And he was speech- 



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less. Then saith the king to the servants, ' Bind 1 
him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast 
him into outer darkness ; there shall be weeping 
and gnashing of teeth.' For many are called, but 
few are chosen. ' ' 

Then went the Pharisees and took counsel how , 
they might entangle him in his talk. And they 
watched him, and sent forth spies, certain of the 
Pharisees and of the Herodians, which should feign- 
themselves just men, that they might take hold of 
his words, so that they might deliver him unto the 
power and authority of the governor, and when> 
they were come, they say unto him, ' ' Master, we 
know that thou art true, and teachest the way of 
God in truth, neither carest thou for any man ; for 
thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us,, 
therefore, what thinkest thou, is it lawful to give 
tribute to Caesar, or not ? Shall we give, or shall 
we not give?" But Jesus perceived their wicked- 
ness and said, " Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites ?* 
Show me the tribute money ; bring me a penny, 
that I may see it." And they brought unto him 
a penny. And he saith unto them, ' ' Whose is this 
image and superscription ?" They say unto him,. 



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"Caesar's." Then saith he unto them, " Render 
therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, 
and unto God the things which are God's." And 
they could not take hold of his words before the 
people. When they had heard these words, they 
marvelled at his answer, and held their peace, and 
left him, and went their way. 

The same day came to him certain of the Sad- 
ducees, which deny that there is any resurrection, 
and they asked him, saying, " Master, Moses wrote 
to us. 4 If any man's brother die and leave his wife 
behind, and leave no children, that his brother shall 
marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.' 
Now there were with us seven brethren ; and the 
first, when he had married a wife. died, and, having 
no issue, left his wife unto his brother. And the 
second took her to wife and he died childless. And 
the third took her. and in like manner the seven 
also, and they left no children and died. Last of 
all the woman died also. Therefore in the resur- 
rection, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she 
be of the seven ? for they all had her." And Jesus 
answering said unto them, "Do ye not therefore 
err. because ye know not the Scriptures, neither 



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the power of God ? The children of this world 
marry and are given in marriage ; but they which 
shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world and 
the resurrection from the dead, when they shall rise 
from the dead, neither marry nor are given in mar- 
riage, neither can they die anymore ; for they are 
equal unto the angels of God in heaven, and are 
the children of God, being the children of the 
resurrection. And as touching the dead that they 
rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses [Exo- 
dus], how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, 
' 1 am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, 
and the God of Jacob ?' He is not the God of the 
dead, but the God of the living, for all live unto 
him. Ye therefore do greatly err." And when 
the multitude heard this, they were astonished a 
his doctrine. Then certain of the scribes answer- 
ing, said, "Master, thou hast well said." And 
after that they durst not ask him anything. 

But when the Pharisees heard, that he had put 
the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered to- 
gether. Then one of them, and one of the scribes, 
which was a lawyer, came and having heard them 
reasoning together, and perceiving that he had an- 



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swered them well, asked him a question, tempting 
him. and saying, " Master, which is the great com- 
mandment in the Law ? and which is the first com- 
mandment of all?" And Jesus answered him, 
"The first of all commandments is, 'Hear, O 
Israel ; the Lord our God is one Lord ;' and, 
4 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, 
and with all thy strength.' This is the first and 
great commandment. And the second is like unto 
it, ' Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.' On 
these two commandments hang all the Law and 
the prophets. There is none other commandment 
greater than these. ' ' And the scribe said unto him, 
* 1 Well, Master, thou hast said the truth ; for there 
is none other but he ; and to love him with all the 
heart, and with all the understanding, and with all 
the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his 
neighbor as himself, is more than whole burnt of- 
ferings and sacrifices." And when Jesus saw that 
he answered discreetly, he said unto him, " Thou 
art not far from the kingdom of God. 

While the Pharisees were gathered together, 
Jesus asked them, saying, "What think ye of 



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Christ? Whose son is he?" They say unto him, 
" The son of David.' ' He saith unto them, " How 
then doth David in spirit call him Lord ? For 
David himself saith by the Holy Ghost, in the 
Book of Psalms, ' The Lord said to my Lord, Sit 
thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies 
thy foot-stool.' David therefore himself calleth » 
him Lord, how is he then his son?" And no man 
was able to answer him a word. And the common 
people heard him gladly. Neither durst any man 
from that day forth ask him any more questions. 

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and 
looked up and saw the people casting their gifts 
into the treasury. And many that were rich cast 
in much. And there came a certain poor widow, 
and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. 
And he called unto him his disciples and saith unto 
them, "Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow 
hath cast more in than all they which have cast into 
the treasury ; for all they did cast in of their abund- 
ance, but she of her want did cast in all that she 
had, even all her living." 

But though he had done so many miracles before 
them, yet they believed not on him ; that the say- 



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ing of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which 
he spake, ' ' Lord, who hath believed our report ? 
and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been re- 
vealed?" Therefore they could not believe, be- 
cause that Isaiah said again, "He hath blinded 
their eyes, and hardened their heart ; that they 
should not see with their eyes, nor understand with 
their heart, and be converted, and I should heal 
them." These things said Isaiah, when he saw his 
glory, and spake of him. Nevertheless among the 
chief rulers also many believed on him ; but be- 
cause of the Pharisees they did not confess him, 
lest they should be put out of the synagogue ; for 
they loved the praise of men more than the praise 
of God. Jesus cried and said, 11 He that believeth 
on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent 
me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever 
believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, 
I judge him not ; for I came not to judge the world, 
but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and 
receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him ; 
the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge 



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him in the last day. For I have not spoken of 
myself ; but the Father which sent me, he gave me 
a commandment, what I should say, and what I 
should speak. And I know that his commandment 
is life everlasting ; whatsoever I speak therefore, 
even as the Father said unto me, so I speak/ ' 

Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his 
disciples, saying, ' ' The scribes and Pharisees sit in 
Moses' seat ; all therefore whatsoever they bid you 
observe, that observe and do ; but do not ye after 
their works, for they say and do not. For they 
bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and 
lay them on men's shoulders ; but they themselves 
will not touch them with one of their fingers. But 
all their works they do for to be seen of men ; they 
make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the bor- 
ders of their garments, and love the uppermost 
rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the syna- 
gogues, and greetings in the markets, and to be 
called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But be not ye called 
Rabbi ; for one is your Master, even Christ ; and 
all ye are brethren. And call no man your father 
upon the earth ; for one is your Father, which is in 
heaven. Neither be ye called master ; for one i s 



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your Master, even Christ. But he that is greatest 
among you shall be your servant. And whosoever 
shall exalt himself shall be abased ; and he that 
shall humble himself shall be exalted. But woe 
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye 
shut up the kingdom of heaven against men ; for 
ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them 
that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye devour widows' 
houses, and for a pretence make long prayers ; 
therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte ; 
and when he is made, ye make him twofold more 
the child of hell than yourselves. Woe unto you, 
ye blind guides, which say, 1 Whosoever shall swear 
by the temple, it is nothing ; but whosoever shall 
swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor ! ' 
Ye fools and blind ; for whether is greater, the gold, 
or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And, 
' Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing ; 
but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, 
he is guilty.' Ye fools and blind ; for whether is 
greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the 



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gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, 
sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And 
whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, 
and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that 
shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of 
God, and by him that sitteth thereon. Woe unto 
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay 
tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omit- 
ted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, 
mercy and faith ; these ye ought to have done, and 
not to leave the other undone. Ye blind guides, 
which strain at [lit : out] a gnat, and swallow a 
camel. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hyp- 
ocrites ! for ye make clean the outside of the cup 
and 6f the platter, but within they are full of extor- 
tion and excess. Tl\ou blind' Pharisee, cleanse first 
that which is within the cup and platter, that the 
outside of them may be clean also. Woe unto you, 
scribes and Pharisees ; hypocrites ! for ye are like 
unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beau- 
tiful outward, but are within full of dead men's 
bones, and of all uncleanness. IJven so ye also 
outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within 
ye are full of hypocrisy aad iniquity. Woe unto 



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you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye 
build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the 
sepulchres of the righteous, and say. e If we had 
been in the days of our fathers, we would not have 
been partakers with them in the blood of the proph- 
ets. 1 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, 
that ye are the children of them which killed the 
prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your 
fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, 
how can ye escape the damnation of hell ? 

" Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, 
and wise men, and scribes ; and some of them ye 
shall kill and crucify ; and some of them shall ye 
scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them 
from city to city; that upon you may come all the 
righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the 
blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacha- 
rias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the 
temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, all 
these things shall come upon this generation. O 
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killestthe prophets, 
and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how 
often would I have gathered thy children together, 
^even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her 



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wings, and ye would not ! Behold, your house is 
left unto you desolate. For I say unto you ? ye 
shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say^ 
i Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the 
Lord/" 



CHAPTER IV 



Tuesday's Doings and Teachings (Continued). — 
Destruction of the Temple and the Coining of Christ — 
Parables of the Fig-tree — Wise Servant — Ten Virgins — 
Talents — The Judgment of the Nations, 

And Jesus went out and departed from the tem- 
ple,, and as he went out, his disciples came to him 
to show him the buildings of the temple. And as 
some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with 
goodly stones and gifts, one of his disciples saith 
unto him. " Master, see what manner of stones and 
what buildings are here." And Jesus answering 
said unto him, " Seest thou these great buildings ? 
As for these things which ye behold, the days will 
come in the which, verily I say unto you, there 
shall not be left one stone upon another that shall 
not be thrown down." 

And as he sat on the Mount of Olives over 
against the temple. Peter and James and John and. 



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Andrew asked him privately, saying, " Master, tell 
us, when shall these things be ? And what shall 
be the sign, when all these things shall be fulfilled ? 
And what shall be the sign of thy coming and of 
the end of the world ?" And Jesus answered and 
said unto them, ' ' Take heed that no man deceive 
you. For many shall come in my name, saying, 
' 1 am Christ and the time draweth near, and they 
shall deceive many. Go ye not therefore after 
them. But when ye shall hear of wars and rumors 
of wars, see that ye be not troubled ; for all these 
things must first come to pass, but the end is not 
yet." Then saith he unto them, " Nation shall rise 
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and 
there shall be famines and pestilences and earth- 
quakes in divers places ; and fearful sights and 
great signs shall there be from heaven. All these 
are the beginning of sorrows. But take heed to 
yourselves ; before all these, they shall lay their 
hands on you and persecute you, for they shall 
deliver you up to councils ; and in the synagogues 
ye shall be beaten ; and ye shall be brought before 
rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony 
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for my name's sake, and the Gospel must first be 
published among all nations. But when they shall 
lead you and deliver you up, take no thought be- 
forehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye pre- 
meditate ; but whatsoever shall be given you in 
that hour, that speak ye. for it is not ye that speak, 
but the Holy Ghost. For I will give you a mouth 
and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not 
be able to gainsay nor resist. And then shall many 
be offended and shall betray one another, and shall 
hate one another. And ye shall be betrayed both 
by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends. 
The brother shall betray the brother to death, and 
the father the son, and children shall rise up against 
their parents, and shall cause them to be put to 
death; and some of you shall they cause to be put to 
death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my 
name's sake. But there shall not a hair of your head 
perish. In your patience possess ye your souls. 
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall de- 
ceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the 

ove of many shall wax cold. But he that shall en- 
dure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And 

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the world for a witness unto all nations ; and then 
shall the end come. When ye therefore shall see 
the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel 
the prophet, stand in the holy place ; and when ye 
shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies (whoso 
readeth, let him understand), then know that the 
desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which 
are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let them 
which are in the midst of it depart out, and let not 
them that are in the countries enter thereinto, and 
let him that is on the house-top not go down into 
the house, neither enter to take anything out of his 
house, and let him that is in the field not turn back 
again to take up his garment. For these be the 
days of vengeance, that all things which are written 
may be fulfilled. But woe unto them that are with 
child and that give suck in those days. But pray 
ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on 
the Sabbath day ; for then shall be great tribulation, 
such as was not since the beginning of the world, 
which God created unto this time, neither shall be. 
And except the Lord had shortened those days, no 
flesh should be saved ; but for the elect's sake, 
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days. For there shall be great distress in the land, 
and wrath upon this people. And they shall fall by 
the edge of the sword, and shall be led away cap- 
tive into all nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden 
down of the Gentiles, until the time of the Gentiles 
be fulfilled. 

" Then, if any man shall say to you, ' Lo, here 
is Christ ; ' or, ' Lo, he is there,' believe him not ; 
for false Christs and false prophets shall arise and 
shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were 
possible, even the elect, But take ye heed ; be- 
hold, I have told you all things. Wherefore, if 
they shall say unto you, { Behold, he is in the de- 
sert,' go not forth ; 'Behold, he is in the secret 
chambers,' believe it not. For as the lightning 
cometh out of the east and shineth even unto the 
west, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 
For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles 
be gathered together. Immediately after the tribu- 
lation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and 
the moon shall not give her light, and the stars 
shall fall from heaven ; and upon the earth distress 
•of nations with perplexity, the sea and the waves 
roaring, men's hearts failing them for fear, and for 



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looking after those things which are coming on the 
earth, for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man 
in heaven ; and then shall all the tribes of the earth 
mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming 
in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of 
a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect 
from the four winds, from the uttermost parts of 
the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. And 
when these things begin to come to pass, then look 
up and lift up your heads ; for your redemption 
draweth nigh." 

And he spake a parable to them, £< Now learn a 
parable of the fig tree. When his branch is yet 
tender and putteth forth leaves, ye say and know of 
your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 
So likewise ye, when ye see these things come ta 
pass, know that the kingdom of God is nigh at 
hand, even at the doors. Verily, I say unto you, 
this generation shall not pass away, till all these 
things shall be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall 
pass away, but my words shall not pass away. And 
take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your 



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hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunk- 
enness, and the cares of this life, and so that day 
come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it 
come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole 
earth. Watch ye, therefore, and pray always, that 
ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these 
things that shall come to pass, and to stand before 
the Son of man. But of that day and that hour 
knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in 
heaven, neither the Son, but my Father only. Take 
heed, watch and pray ; for ye know not when the 
time is. But as the days of Noah were, so shall 
also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in 
the days that were before the flood, they were eat- 
ing and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, 
until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and 
knew not until the flood came, and took them 
all away ; so shall also the coming of the Son of man 
be. Then shall two be in the field, the one shall be 
taken, and the other left. Two women shall be 
grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken, and the 
other left. Watch, therefore, for ye know not what 
hour your Lord doth come. For the Son of man 
is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, 



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and gave authority to his servants, and to every 
man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 
Watch ye, therefore ; for ye know not when the 
master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, 
or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning ; lest 
coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. But know 
this, that if the good man of the house had known 
in what watch the thief would come, he would have 
watched, and would not have suffered his house to 
be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready ; for in 
such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. 
And what I say unto you, I say unto all, watch ! 

* ' Who, then, is a faithful and wise servant, whom 
his lord hath made ruler over his household, to 
give them meat in due season ? Blessed is that ser- 
vant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find 
so doing. Verily, I say unto you, that he shall 
make him ruler over all his goods. But, and if 
that evil servant shall say in his heart, ' My lord 
delayeth his coming and shall begin to smite his 
fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the 
drunken ; the lord of that servant shall come in a 
day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour 
that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, 



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and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites, 
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

1 ' Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened 
unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went 
forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them 
were wise, and five were foolish. They that were 
foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them ; 
but the wise took oil in their vessels with their 
lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all 
slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a 
cry made, 1 Behold, the bridegroom cometh ; go ye 
out to meet him.' Then all those virgins arose and 
trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto 
the wise, ' Give us of your oil ; for our lamps are 
gone out.' But the wise answered, saying, ' Not 
so ; lest there be not enough for us and you ; but 
go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for your- 
selves.' And while they went to buy, the bride- 
groom came ; and they that were ready went in 
with him to the marriage ; and the door was shut. 
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, 
1 Lord, Lord, open to us.' But he answered and 
said, 'Verily, I say unto you, I know you not.' 
Watch therefore ; for ye know neither the day nor 



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the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 

" For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travel- 
ing into a far country, who called his own servants, 
and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one 
he gave five talents, to another two, and to another 
one ; to every man according to his ability ; and 
straightway took his journey. Then he that had re- 
ceived the five talents went and traded with the 
same, and made other five talents. And likewise 
he that had received two, he also gained other two. 
But he that had received one went and digged in 
the earth, and hid his lord's money. After a long 
time the lord of those servants cometh, and reck- 
oneth with them. And so he that had received five 
talents came and brought other five talents, saying, 
' Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents ; be- 
hold, I have gained beside them five talents more/ 
His lord said unto him, ' Well done, thou good and 
faithful servant ; thou hast been faithful over a few 
things, I will make thee ruler over many things ; 
enter thou into the joy of thy lord/ He also that 
had received two talents came and said, * Lord, 
thou deliveredst unto me two talents ; behold, I 
have gained two other talents beside them.' His 



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lord said unto him, ' Well done, good and faithful 
servant ; thou hast been faithful over a few things, 
I will make thee ruler over many things ; enter thou 
into the joy of thy lord/ Then he which had re- 
ceived the one talent came and said, ' Lord. I knew 
thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou 
hast not sown ; and gathering where thou hast not 
strewed ; and I was afraid, and went and hid thy 
talent in the earth ; lo, there thou hast that is thine/ 
His lord answered and said unto him, 1 Thou 
wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I 
reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have 
not strewed ; thou oughtest therefore to have put 
my money to the exchangers, and then at my com- 
ing I should have received mine own with usury. 
Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto 
him which hath ten talents. For unto every one 
that hath shall be given, and he shall have abun- 
dance ; but from him that hath not shall be taken 
away even that which he hath. And cast ye the 
unprofitable servant into outer darkness ; there 
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' 

1 1 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, 
and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit 



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upon the throne of his glory ; and before him shall 
be gathered all nations, and he shall separate them 
one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep 
from the goats ; and he shall set the sheep on his 
right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall 
the King say unto them on his right hand, ' Come, 
ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom pre- 
pared for you from the foundation of the world ; for 
I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat ; I was 
thirsty, and ye gave me drink ; I was a stranger, 
and ye took me in ; naked, and ye clothed me ; I 
was sick, and ye visited me ; I was in prison, and 
ye came unto me.' Then shall the righteous an- 
swer him, saying, 'Lord, when saw we thee an 
hungered, and fed thee ? or thirsty, and gave thee 
drink ? When saw we thee a stranger, and took 
thee in ? or naked, and clothed thee ? Or, when 
saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto 
thee ? ' And the King shall answer and say unto 
them. 'Verily, I say unto you, inasmuch as ye 
have done it unto one of the least of these my breth- 
ren, ye have done it unto me.' Then shall he say 
also unto them on the left hand, ' Depart from me, 
ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the 



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devil and his angels ; for I was an hungered, and 
ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty, and ye gave 
me no drink ; I was a stranger, and ye took me not 
in : naked, and ye clothed me not ; sick and in 
prison, and ye visited me not.' Then shall they 
also answer him, saying, 1 Lord, when saw we thee 
an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, 
or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto 
thee ?' Then shall he answer them, saying, ' Veri- 
ly, I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one 
of the least of these, ye did it not to me. ' And 
these shali go away into everlasting punishment ; 
but the righteous into life eternal." 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all 
these sayings, he said unto his disciples, <( Ye know- 
that alter two days [that is, on the third day from 
this day] is the feast of Passover, and of unleavened 
bread, and the Son of man is betrayed to be cruci- 
fied." 




CHAPTER V. 



Wednesday, the Thirteenth of Nisan, The Fourth 
Day's Events: Matt. 26: j-j, 14-16; Mark 14: 2-10, 
11 ; Luke 22 : 2-6. — Conspiracy of the Rulers — The Cove- 
nant of Judas— Jesus Leaves Jerusalem. 

Then assembled together the chief priests, and 
the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the 
palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 
and consulted that they might take Jesus by sub- 
tilty, and kill him. But they said, "Not on the 
feast-day, lest there be an uproar among the peo- 
ple." For they feared the people, 

Then entered Satan into Judas, surnamed Iscar- 
iot, being of the number of the twelve. And he 
went his way, and communed with the chief priests 
and captains, how he might betray him unto them. 
And he said unto them, " What will ye give me? 
and I will deliver him unto you." And when they 
heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him 



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money. And they covenanted with him for thirty 
pieces of silver [the price of a slave]. And from 
that time, he sought opportunity how he might 
conveniently betray him unto them in the absence 
of the multitude. 

And in the day-time Jesus was teaching in the 
temple, and at night he went out and abode in the 
mount, that is called the Mount of Olives. And 
all the people came early in the morning to him in 
the temple, to hear him. 




CHAPTER VI. 

An Eventful Thursday.— The Fifth Day's Events :■ 
Matt. 26 : 17-75 ; Mark 14: 12-72 : Luke 22: 7-61 : John 
13 : 17-26. — The Passover — Washing the Disciples' Feet 
— The Lord's Supper Instituted— The Betrayer's De- 
parture — Peter Warned — Disciples Reproved— Peter En- 
couraged. 

Now on the first day of the feast of unleavened 
bread, when the passover [paschal lamb] must be 
killed, Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, 1 1 Go and 
prepare us the passover, that we may eat. ' ' And 
they said unto him, ' ' Where wilt thou that we go 
and prepare ?" And he said unto them, " Go ye 
into the city, and behold, when ye are entered into 
the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a 
pitcher of water ; follow him into the house where 
he entereth in. And wheresoverhe shall go in, say 
ye to the good man of the house, 1 The Master 
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at thy house with my disciples ; where is the guest- 
chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my 
disciples ?' And he will show you a large upper 
room furnished and prepared ; there make ready 
for us." And his disciples went forth, and came 
into the city, and found as he had said unto them. 
And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them, 
and made ready the passover. 

And in the evening when the hour was come, he 
sat down and the twelve apostles with him. And 
he said unto them, " With desire I have desired to 
eat this passover with you before I suffer ; for I say 
unto you I will not any more eat thereof, until it be 
fulfilled in the kingdom of God." And he took 
the cup, and gave thanks, and said, ''Take this, 
and divide it among yourselves ; for I say unto 
you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until 
the kingdom of God shall come." 

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus 
knew that his hour was come that he should depart 
out of this world unto the Father, having loved his 
own which were in the world, he loved them unto 
the end. And supper being ended, the devil having 
now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's 



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son, to betray him ; Jesus knowing that the Father 
had given all things into his hands, and that he was 
come from God, and went to God, he riseth 
from the supper, and laid aside his garments, and 
took a towel and girded himself. After that he 
poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the 
disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel 
wherewith he was girded. Then cometh he to 
Simon Peter ; and Peter saith unto him , 1 1 Lord, 
dost thou wash my feet?" Jesus answered and said 
unto him, " What I do thou knowest not now ; but 
thou shalt know hereafter. ' ' Peter saith unto him, 
<( Thou shalt never wash my feet." Jesus answered 
him, "If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with 
me." Simon Peter saith unto him, 1 1 Lord, not 
my feet only, but also my hands and my head." 
Jesus saith to him, " He that is washed needeth not 
save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit ; 
and ye are clean, but not all. ' ' For he knew who 
should betray him ; therefore said he, ' ' Ye are not 
all clean. ' ' So after he had washed their feet, and 
had taken his garments and was set down again, 
lie said unto them, ' ' Know ye what I have done to 
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well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, 
have washed your feet ; ye ought also to wash one 
another's feet. For I have given you an example, 
that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, the servant is not greater 
than his lord ; neither he that is sent greater than 
he that sent him. If ye know these things ; happy 
are ye if ye do them." 

And as they were eating, the Lord Jesus, the 
same night [i Cor. n: 23] in which he was be- 
trayed, took bread, and gave thanks, and blessed 
it, and brake it and gave it to the disciples, and 
said, 1 1 Take, eat ; this is my body which is given 
[broken] for you : this do in remembrance of me." 
Likewise also the cup after supper, and when he 
had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, 
" Drink ye all of it." And they all drank of it. 
And he said unto them, 1 1 This cup is the new tes- 
tament in my blood, which is shed for you, for the 
remission of sins. But I say unto you, I will not 
drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that 
day when I drink it new with you in my Father's 
kingdom. 

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me is with me on the table. And truly the Son'of 
man goeth, as it was determined ; but woe unto 
that man by whom he is betrayed. I speak not of 
you all. I know whom I have chosen ; but that 
the Scripture may be fulfilled, ' He that eateth 
bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me,' 
Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come 
to pass, ye may believe that I am he. Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, he that receiveth whomso- 
ever I send receiveth me ; and he that receiveth 
me, receiveth him that sent me." And as they sat 
and did eat, and when Jesus had thus said, he was 
troubled in spirit, and testified and said, ' ' Verily,- 
verily, I say unto you, that one of you, which eat- 
eth with me, shall betray me." And they began to 
inquire among themselves, which of them it was that 
should do this thing. And they were exceeding sor- 
rowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, 
one by one, * ' Lord, is it I ?" And he answered and 
said unto them, ' ' It is one of the twelve, that dip- 
peth with me in the dish. The Son of man goeth 
as it is written of him ; but woe to that man by 
whom the Son of man is betrayed ! Good were it 
for that man if he had never been born." Then 



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the disciples looked one on another, doubting of 
whom he spake. Now there was leaning on Jesus' 
bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. 
Simon Peter, therefore, beckoned to him, that he 
should ask who it should be of whom he spake. 
He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, 
"Lord, who is it?" Jesus answered, "He it is, 
to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped 
it." And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it 
to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the 
sop, Satan entered into him. Then saith Jesus unto 
him, "That thou doest, do quickly." Now no 
man at the table knew for what intent he spake this 
unto him. For some of them thought, because 
Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, 
" Buy those things that we have need of against 
the feast or that he should give something to the 
poor. Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered 
and said, u Master, is it I ?" He said unto him, 
" Thou hast said." He then having received the 
sop went out immediately. And it was night. 

Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, 
""Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glo- 
rified in him. If God be glorified in him, God 



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shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straight- 
way glorify him. Little children, yet a little while 
I am with you. Ye shall seek me ; and as I said 
unto the Jews, ' Whither I go, ye cannot come ;' so 
I now say to you. A new commandment I give 
unto you, that ye love one another ; as I have loved 
you ; that ye also love one another. By this shall 
all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have 
love one to another." Simon Peter saith unto him, 
"Lord, whither goest thou?" Jesus answered 
him, ' * Whither I go, thou canst not follow me 
now ; but thou shalt follow me afterwards/' Peter 
said unto him, ' ' Lord, why cannot I follow thee 
now ? I will lay down my life for thy sake. ' ' Jesus 
answered him, ' i Wilt thou lay'down thy life for my 
sake ? Verily, verily I say unto thee, the cock 
shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.' ' 

And there was also a strife among them, which 
of them should be accounted the greatest. And he 
said unto them , i i The kings of the Gentiles exer- 
cise lordship over them ; and they that exercise au- 
thority upon them are called benefactors. But ye 
shall not be so ; but he that is greatest among you, 
let him be as the younger ; and he that is chief, as 



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he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he 
that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth ? Is not he 
that sitteth at meat ? But I am among you as he 
that serveth. Ye are they which have continued 
with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto 
you a kingdom, as my Father hath unto me ; that 
ye may eat and drink at my table in my king- 
dom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes 
of Israel." 

And the Lord said, " Simon, Simon, behold, 
Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift 
you as wheat • but I have prayed for thee, that thy 
faith fail not ; and when thou art converted, strength- 
en thy brethren." And he said unto him, " Lord, 
I am ready to go with thee, both into prison and to 
death." And he said, "I tell thee, Peter, the 
cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt 
thrice deny that thou knowest me." 

And he said unto them, "When I sent you with- 
out purse and scrip and shoes, lacked ye any 
thing?" And they said, " Nothing." Then said he 
unto them, <( But now, he that hath a purse, let 
him take it. and likewise his scrip ; and he that hath 
no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. 



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For I say unto you, that this that is written must 
yet be accomplished in me, ' And he was reckoned 
among the transgressors ; ' for the things concern- 
ing me have an end." And they said, "Lord, 
behold, here are two swords." And he said unto 
them, " It is enough." 




CHAPTER VII. 

An Eventful Thursday (Continued J. — The Lord' $ 
Wonderful Discourse — Christ the Way, the Truth and the 
Life — The Comjorter Promised — Christ the True Vine — 
The Promise of the Holy Ghost Reuezved—The Sacerdo- 
tal Prayer. 

" Let not your hearts be troubled ; ye believe in 
God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are 
many mansions ; if it were not so. I would have 
told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And 
if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come 
again, and receive you unto myself; that where I 
am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye 
know, and the way ye know." Thomas saith unto 
him, " Lord, we know not whither thou goest ; and 
how can we know the way?" Jesus saith unto 
him, " I am the way, the truth and the life ; no 
man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had 
known me, ye should have known my Father also ■ 



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and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen 
him." Philip saith unto him, " Lord, show us the 
Father, and it sufficeth us." Jesus saith unto him, 
" Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast 
thou not known me, Philip ? He that hath seen 
me hath seen the Father ; and how sayest thou 
then, ' Show us the Father?' Believest thou not 
that I am in the Father, and the Father in me ? 
The words that I speak unto you I speak not of 
myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me, he 
doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the 
Father, and the Father in me ; or else believe me 
for the very work's sake. Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do 
shall he do also ; and greater works than these 
shall he do ; because I go unto the Father. And 
whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, 
that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye 
shall ask anything in my name, I will do it. 

" If ye love me, keep my commandments. And 
I will pray the Father, and he shall give you anoth- 
er Comforter, that he may abide with you forever ; 
even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot 
receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth 



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him ; but ye know him, for he dwelleth in you, and 
shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless ; 
I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the 
world seeth me no more ; but ye see me. Because 
I live,, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know 
that I am in the Father, and ye in me, and I in 
you. He that hath my commandments and keepeth 
them, he it is that loveth me ; and he that loveth 
me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, 
and will manifest myself to him." Judas saith unto 
him (not Iscariot), " Lord, how is it that thou wilt 
manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world ? ' ' 
Jesus answered and said unto him. u If a man love 
me, he will keep my words ; and my Father will 
love him. and we will come unto him. and make 
our abode with him. He that loveth me not keep- 
eth not my sayings ; and the word which ye hear 
is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. These 
things have I spoken unto you. being yet present 
with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy 
Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he 
shall teach you all things, and bring all things to 
your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto 
you. Peace I leave with you. my peace I give 



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unto you ; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. 
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be 
afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go 
away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, 
ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Fa- 
ther ; for my Father is greater than I. And now I 
have told you before it come to pass, that, when it 
is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will 
not talk much with you ; for the prince of this 
world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that 
the world may know that I love the Father ; and as 
the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. 
Arise, let us go hence. 

' ' I am the true vine, and my Father is the hus- 
bandman. Every branch in me that beareth not 
fruit he taketh away ; and every branch that beareth 
fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more 
fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I 
have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. 
As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it 
abide in the vine ; no more can ye, except ye abide 
in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches. He 
that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth 
forth much fruit ; for without me ye can do noth- 



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ing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as 
a branch, and is withered ; and men gather them 
and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye 
shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto 
you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear 
much fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples. As the 
Father hath loved me, so have I loved you ; con- 
tinue ye in my love. If ye keep my command- 
ments, ye shall abide in my love ; even as I have 
kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his 
love. These things have I spoken unto you, that 
my joy might remain in you, and that your joy 
might be full. This is my commandment, that ye 
love one another, as I have loved you. Greater 
love hath no man than this, that a man lay down 
his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do 
whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you 
not servants ; for the servant knoweth not what his 
lord doeth ; but I have called you friends, for all 
things that I have heard of my Father I have made 
known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I 
have chosen you, and ordained you. that ye would 
go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should 



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remain ; that whatsoever ye shall ask of my Father 
in my name, he may give it you. These things I 
command you, that ye love one another. If the 
world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it 
hated you. If ye were of the world, the world 
would love his own ; but because ye are not of the 
world, but I have chosen you out of the world, 
therefore the world hateth you. Remember the 
word that I said unto you, ' The servant is not 
greater than his lord.' If they have persecuted 
me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept 
my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these 
things will they do unto you for my name's sake, 
because they know not him that sent me. If I had 
not come and spoken unto them, they had not had 
sin ; but now they have no cloak for their sin. He 
that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had 
not done among them the works which none other 
man did, they had not had sin ; but now they have 
both seen and hated both me and my Father. But 
this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled 
that was written in the Law, ' They hated me with- 
out a cause. ' 

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send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of 
truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall 
testify of me ; and ye also shall bear witness, be- 
cause ye have been with me from the beginning. 
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye 
should not be offended. They shall put you out of 
the synagogues ; yea, the time cometh, that whoso 
ever killeth you will thjnk that he doeth God ser- 
vice. And these things will they do unto you, be- 
cause they have not known the Father., nor me. 
But these things have I told you, that when the 
time shall come., ye may remember that I told you 
of them. And these things I said not unto you at 
the beginning, because I was with you. But now 
I go my way to him that sent me ; and none of you 
asketh me, ' Whither goest thou ? ' But because I 
have said these things unto you., sorrow hath filled 
your hearts. Nevertheless I tell you the truth ; it 
is expedient for you that I go away ; for if I go not 
away, the Comforter will not come unto you ; but 
if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when 
he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of 
righteousness, and of judgment : of sin., because 
they believed not on me ; of righteousness, because 



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I go to my Father, and ye see me no more ; of 
judgment, because the prince of this world is 
judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, 
but ye can not bear them now. Howbeit when he, 
the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into 
all truth ; for he shall not speak of himself, but 
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak ; and 
he will show you things to gome. He shall glorify 
me ; for he shall receive of mine and shall show it 
unto you. All things that the Father hath are 
mine ; therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, 
and shall show it unto you. A little while, and ye 
shall not see me ; and again, a little while, and ye 
shall see me, because I go to the Father." 

Then said some of his disciples among them- 
selves, " What is this that he saith unto us, 'A lit- 
tle while, and ye shall not see me ; and again, a 
little while, and ye shall see me ;' and, ' Because I 
go to the Father ?' " They said therefore, " What 
is this that he saith, ' A little while ?' we cannot tell 
what he saith." Now Jesus knew that they were 
desirous to ask him, and said unto them, " Do ye 
inquire among yourselves of that I said, 'A little 
while, and ye shall not see me ; and again, a little 



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while, and ye shall see me ?' Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, ye shall weep and lament, but the world 
shall rejoice ; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your 
sorrow shall be turned into joy, A woman when 
she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is 
come ; but as soon as she is delivered of the child, 
she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that 
a man is born into the world. And ye now there- 
fore have sorrow ; but I will see you again, and 
your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man 
taketh from you. And in that day ye shall ask me 
nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, whatso- 
ever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will 
give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in 
my name ; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy 
may be full. These things have I spoken unto you 
in proverbs ; but the time cometh, when I shall no 
more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show 
you plainly of the Father. At that day ye shall 
ask in my name ; and I say not unto you, that I 
will pray the Father for you ; for the Father him- 
self loveth you, because ye have loved me. and 
have believed that I came out from God. I came 
forth from the Father, and am come into the world; 



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again, I leave the world and go to the Father," 
His disciples said unto him, ' * Lo, now speakest 
thou plainly, and speakest no proverbs. Now are 
we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest 
not that any man should ask thee ; by this we be- 
lieve that thou earnest forth from God." Jesus 
answered them, " Do ye now believe? Behold, 
the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall 
be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave 
me alone ; and yet I am not alone, because the 
Father is with me. These things have I spoken unto 
you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world 
ye shall have tribulation ; but be of good cheer, I 
have overcome the world." 

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes 
Jto heaven and said, " Father, the hour is come ; 
glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee. As 
thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he 
should give eternal life to as many as thou hast 
given him. And this is life eternal, that they might * 
know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, 
whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the 
earth ; I have finished the work which thou gavest 
me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me 



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with thine own self with the glory which I had with 
thee before the world was. I have manifested thy 
name unto the men which thou gavest me out of 
the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest them 
me ; and they have kept thy word. Now they 
have known that all things whatsoever thou hast 
given me are of thee. For I have given unto them 
the words which thou gavest me; and they have 
received them, and have known surely that I came 
out from thee, and they have believed that thou 
didst send me. I pray for them ; I pray not for 
the world, but for them which thou hast given me ; 
for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and 
thine are mine ; and I am glorified in them. And 
now I am no more in the world, but these are in 
the world, and I am come to thee. Holy Father, 
keep through thine own name those whom thou 
hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. 
While I was with them in the world, I kept them 
in thy name ; those that thou gavest me I kept, and 
none of them is lost, but the son of perdition ; that 
the Scripture might be fulfilled. And now come I 
to thee ; and these things I speak in the world, 
that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 



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I have given them thy word ; and the world hath 
hated them, because they are notot the world, even 
as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou 
shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou 
shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not 
of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanc- 
tify them through thy truth ; thy word is truth. As 
thou has sent me into the world, even so have I 
also sent them into the world. And for their sakes 
I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified 
through the truth. Neither pray I for these alone, 
but for them also which shall believe on me through 
their word ; that they all may be one, as thou, 
Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may 
be one in us ; that the world may believe that thou 
hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest 
me I have given them ; that they may be one, even 
as we are one : I in them, and thou in me, that 
they may be made perfect in one ; and that the 
world may know that thou has sent me, and hast 
loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will 
that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with 
me where I am ; that they may behold my glory, 
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before the foundation of the world. O righteous 
Father, the world hath not known thee ; but I have 
known thee, and these have known that thou hast 
sent me. And I have declared unto them thy 
name, and will declare it ; that the love wherewith 
thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them." 



CHAPTER VIII. 



An Eventful Thursday (Concluded).— Jesus and the 
Disciples go to the Mount of Olives — The Agony in Geth- 
semane— Jesus Captured — Led before the Jewish High- 
Priest— Before the Sanhedrim— Pet er^ s Denial of Christ 

And when they had sung an hymn, they went 
out, and went, as he was wont [i. e. accustomed], 
to the Mount of Olives ; and his disciples also fol 
lowed him over the brook Cedron. Then saith 
Jesus unto them, " All ye shall be offended because 
of me this night ; for it is written, c I will smite the 
shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scat- 
tered abroad.' But after I am risen again, I will 
go before you into Galilee." But Peter answered 
and said unto him, "Though all men shall be of- 
fended because of thee, yet will I never be offend- 
ed." And Jesus said unto him, " Verily I say unto 
thee, this day, even in this night, before the cock 
crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice." But he 



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spoke the more vehemently, " If I should die with 
thee, I will not deny thee in any wise." Likewise 
also said all the disciples. 

Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called 
Gethsemane, where was a garden, into which he 
entered and his disciples. And when he was at the 
place, he said unto them. ''Pray that ye enter 
not into temptation. Sit ye here, while. I go yon- 
der and pray." And he took with him Peter and 
the two sons of Zebedee, James and John, and be- 
gan to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith 
he unto them, " My soul is exceeding sorrowful, 
even unto death ; tarry ye here and watch with 
me." And he went a little farther, and kneeled 
down, and fell on his face on the ground and prayed 
that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from 
him. And he said, " Abba, Father, all things are 
possible unto thee ; O my Father, if thou be will- 
ing, remove this cup from me ; nevertheless not my 
will, but thine be done." And there appeared an 
angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. 
And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly ; 
and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood 
falling down to the ground. And he cometh unto 



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his disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith 
unto Peter, "Simon, sleepest thou ? What, could 
ye not watch with me one hour ? Watch and pray, 
that ye enter not into temptation ; the spirit indeed 
is willing, but the flesh is weak." And he went 
away again the second time and prayed, and spoke 
the same words, saying, " O my Father, if this cup 
may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy 
will be done." And when he returned, he found 
them asleep again (for their eyes were heavy,) 
neither knew they what to answer him. And he 
left them, and went away again, and prayed the 
third time, saying the same words. And he cometh 
the third time to his disciples, and saith unto them, 
" Sleep on now, and take your rest ; it is enough. 
Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is 
betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be 
going ; behold he is at hand that doth betray me." 

And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the 
place ; for Jesus oft-times resorted thither with his 
disciples. Judas then, having received a band of 
men and officers from the chief priests and Phari- 
sees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and 
weapons. And immediately, while he yet spake, 



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cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a 
great multitude with swords and staves, from the 
chief priests and the scribes and elders of the peo- 
ple. Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, 
saying, ' ' Whomsoever I shall kiss, the same is he, 
hold him fast, and lead him away safely. ' ' And as 
soon as he was come, he goeth straightway and 
drew near unto Jesus to kiss him, and saith, 
" Hail, Master," and kissed him. And Jesus Said 
unto him, i( Friend, wherefore art thou come? Be- 
trayest thou the Son of man with a kiss ? " 

Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that should 
come upon him, went forth and said unto them, 
4t Whom seek ye?" They answered him, " Jesus 
of Nazareth." Jesus saith unto them, i( I am he." 
And Judas also which betrayed him, stood with 
them. As soon then as he had said unto them " 1 
am he;" they went backward, and fell to the 
ground. Then asked he them again, " Whom 
seek ye?" And they said, " Jesus of Nazareth." 
Jesus answered, " I have told you that I am he ; 
if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:" 
that the saying might be fulfilled, which he spoke, 
11 Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none." 



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Then came they and laid hands on Jesus and took 
him. When they which were about him saw what 
would follow, they said unto him, " Lord, shall we 
smite with the sword ? ' ' And one of them that 
stood by [to wit, Simon Peter] with Jesus, stretched 
out his hand and drew his sword, and struck a ser- 
vant of the high priest's, and cut off his right ear. 
The servant's name was Malchus. And Jesus an- 
swered and said, ' ' Suffer ye thus far ? " And he 
touched his ear and healed him. Then said Jesus 
unto Peter, ' ' Put up thy sword into the sheath ; 
for all they that take the sword shall perish with 
the sword. The cup which my Father hath given 
me, shall I not drink it ? Thinkest thou that I 
cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall pres- 
ently give me more than twelve legions of angels ? 
But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that 
thus it must be ? " In the same hour Jesus said 
unto the chief priests and captains of the temple and 
the elders, which were come to him, " Are ye come 
out as against a thief, with swords and staves for to 
take me ? When I was daily with you in the tem- 
ple, ye stretched forth no hands against me ; but 
this is your hour and the power of darkness." But 



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all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets 
might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook 
him and fled. And there followed him a certain 
young man having a linen cloth cast about his 
naked body ; and the young men laid hold on him. 
And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them 
naked. 

Then the band and the captains and the offi- 
cers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, and 
led him away to Annas, first ; for he was father-in- 
law to Caiaphas, who was the high priest that same 
year. Now Caiaphas was he ; who gave counsel to 
the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should 
die for the people. Then they that had laid hold 
on Jesus, led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, 
and brought him into the high priest's house. And 
Simon Peter followed Jesus afar oft", and so did 
another disciple ; that disciple was known unto the 
high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace 
of the high priest. But Peter stood at the door 
without. Then went out that other disciple, which 
was known unto the high priest, and spake unto 
her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. The 
high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of 



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his doctrine. Jesus answered him, " I spoke open- 
ly to the world ; I ever taught in the synagogue 
and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort ; 
and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest 
thou me ? Ask them which heard me, what I have 
said unto them ; behold, they know what I said." 
And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers 
which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his 
hand, saying, "Answerest thou the high priest 
so?" Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken 
evil, bear witness of the evil ; but if well, why 
smitest thou me ? ' y Now Annas had sent him 
bound to Caiaphas the high priest, and with him 
were assembled all the chief priests and the elders 
and the scribes. And when they had kindled a fire 
in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, 
Peter sat down among the servants and warmed 
himself at the fire, to see the end. 

Now the chief priests and the elders and all the 
council, sought false witness against Jesus to put 
him to death, but found none ; yea, though many 
false witnesses came, yet found they none, for their 
witness agreed not together. At the last came two 
fake witnesses and tare false witness agairst him, 



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saying, 1 ' We heard him say, ' I am able to destroy 
the temple of God that is made with hands, and 
within three days build another made without 
hands/ M But neither so did their witness agree to- 
gether. And the high priest rose in the midst and 
asked Jesus, saying, "Answerest thou nothing? 
What is it which these witness against thee ? ' ' But 
he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again 
the high priest asked him, and said unto him, i( I 
adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us 
whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. ' ' Je- 
sus saith unto him, " Thou hast said ; nevertheless 
I say unto you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of 
man sitting on the right hand of power and com- 
ing in the clouds of heaven. ' ' Then the high priest 
rent his clothes, saying, " He hath spoken blas- 
phemy ; what further need have we of witnesses ? 
Behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. What 
think ye? " And they all said, " He is guilty of 
death." And the men that held Jesus, mocked 
him and smote him. And some began to spit on 
him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him. And 
when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on 
the face ; and others smote him with the palms 



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their hands, saying, " Prophesy unto us, thou 
Christ, who is he that smote thee ? " And many 
other things spoke they blasphemously against 
him. 

And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there 
cometh one of the maids of the high priest, the 
damsel that kept the door ; and when she saw Pe- 
ter, as he sat by the fire warming himself, she 
looked earnestly upon him and said, "And thou 
also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. Art not thou 
also one of this man's disciples ? " But he denied 
before them all, saying, "Woman, I know not, 
neither understand I what thou sayest." And he 
went^put into the porch ; and the cock crew. And 
the servants and officers stood there, who had 
made a fire of coals, for it was cold, and they 
warmed themselves ; and Peter stood with them 
and warmed himself. And after a little while 
another maid saw him, and said unto them that 
were there, " This fellow was also with Jesus of 
Nazareth." They said therefore unto him, "Art 
not thou also one of his disciples ? And he again 
denied with an oath, " I know not the man." And 
about the space of an hour after, they that stood 



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by said again to Peter, " Surely thou are one of 
them ; for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech 
agreeth thereto." And one of the servants of the 
high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut 
off, saith. u Did not I see thee in the garden with 
him?" Then began he to curse and to swear, 
saying, u I know not this man of whom ye speak." 
And immediately, the second time, while he yet 
spoke, the cock crew. And the Lord looked upon 
Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the 
Lord, how he had said unto him, " Before the cock 
crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice**' And 
when he thought thereon, he went out and wept 
bitterly. 



CHAPTER IX. 

Good Friday. Events of the Sixth Day: Matt 27 r 
Mark 75/ Luke 23 ; John 18 : 28—19: 42, Jesus Deliv* 
ered to Pontius Pilate — Judas— Jesus Arraigned before 
Pilate — Barabbas and Jesus— Jesus sent to Herod— Re- 
turned to Pilate— Jesus Condemned. 

And siraightway, when the morning [of Friday} 
was come, all the chief priests held a consultation 
with the elders of the people and the scribes and 
the whole council, against Jesus to put him to 
death. And they led him into their council, say- 
ing, ' ' Art thou the Christ? Tell us." And he 
said unto them, " If I tell you, ye will not believe ; 
and if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor 
let me go. Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on. 
the right hand of the power of God." Then said 
they all, " Art thou then the Son of God ?" And 
he said, unto them, 4 ' Ye say that I am." And 
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For we ourselves have heard of his own mouth." 

And when they had bound him, the whole mul- 
titude of them arose, and led him away Irom Caia- 
phas unto the hall of judgment, and delivered him 
to Pontius Pilate the governor. And it was early. 

Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he 
saw that he was condemned, repented himself and 
brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the 
chief priests and elders, saying, " I have sinned in 
that I have betrayed the innocent blood." And 
they said, ' ' What is that to us? See thou to that." 
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple 
and departed, and went and hanged himself ; and. 
falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, 
and all his bowels gushed out [Acts i : 18]. And 
the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, 
" It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, be- 
cause it is the price of blood." And they took 
counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, 
to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was 
called, " The field of blood," unto this day. Then 
was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the 
prophet, saying, " And they took the thirty pieces 
of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom 



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they of the children of Israel did value ; and gave 
them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed 

me. ' ' 

And they [the Jews] went not into the judgment 
hall, lest they should be defiled ; but [remained 
outside] that they might eat the passover. Pilate 
then went out unto them and said, " What accusa- 
tion bring ye against this man?" They answered 
and said unto him, ' 1 If he were not a malefactor, : 
we would not have delivered him up to thee." 
Then said Pilate unto them, "Take ye him, and 
judge him according to your law." The Jews 
therefore said unto him, " It is not lawful for us to 
put any man to death ;" that the saying of Jesus 
might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what 
death he should die. Then Pilate entered -into the 
judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said 
unto him, "Art thou the King of the Jews ?" Jesus 
answered him, ' ' Sayest thou this thing of thyself, 
or did others tell thee of me?" Pilate answered, 
"Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief 
priests have delivered thee unto me ; what hast 
thou done?" Jesus answered, "My kingdom is 
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world, then would my servants fight, that I should 
not be delivered to the Jews ; but now is my king- 
dom not from hence." Pilate therefore said unto 
him, "Art thou a king then?" Jesus answered, 
" Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was 
I born, and for this cause came I into the world, 
that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every 
one that is of the truth heareth my voice." Pilate 
saith unto him, "What is truth?" And when he 
had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and 
saith unto them, 11 I find in him no fault at all. But 
ye have a custom, that I should release unto you 
one at the passover ; will ye therefore that I release 
unto you the King of the Jews ?" Then cried they 
all again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas." 
Now Barabbas was a robber. Then Pilate there- 
fore took Jesus and scourged him. And the soldiers 
platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, 
and they put on him a purple robe, and said, 
"Hail, King of the Jews !" and they smote him 
with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, 
and saith unto them, " Behold, I bring him forth 
to you,, that ye may know that I find no fault in 
him." Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown 



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of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate saith 
unto them, " Behold the man ! " When the chief 
priests, therefore, and the officers saw him, they 
cried out, saying, " Crucify him, crucify him." 
Pilate saith unto them, " Take ye him, and crucify 
him ; for I find no fault in him." The Jews an- 
swered him, "We have a law, and by our law he 
ought to die, because he made himself the Son of 
God." When Pilate therefore heard that saying, 
he was the more afraid ; and [taking Jesus] went 
again into the judgment hall and saith unto Jesus, 
" Whence art thou ? " But Jesus gave him no an- 
swer. Then saith Pilate unto him, " Speakestthou 
not unto me ? Knowest thou not that I have power 
to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? " 
Jesus answered, " Thou couldest have no power at 
all against me, except it were given thee from 
above ; therefore he that delivered me unto thee 
hath the greater sin. ' ' And from thenceforth Pilate 
sought to release him ; but the Jews cried out, say- 
ing, " If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's 
friend ; whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh 
against Caesar." When Pilate therefore heard that 
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judgment seat in a place that is called the Pave- 
ment, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was 
the preparation of the passover, and about the 
sixth hour; and he saith unto the Jews, "Behold 
your King!" But they cried out, "Away with 
him, away with him, crucify him." Pilate saith 
unto them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The 
chief priests answered, "We have no king but 
Caesar. ' ' 

And Jesus stood before the governor. And they 
began to accuse him, saying, " We found this fel- 
lbw perverting the nation, and forbidding to give 
tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a 
King." And Pilate, the governor, asked him, say- 
ing, li Art thou the King of the Jews ?" And Jesus 
said unto him, "Thou sayest." And the chief 
priests accused him of many things. And when 
he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he 
answered nothing. And Pilate asked him, saying. 
" Answerest thou nothing ? Behold, nearest thou 
not how many things they witness against thee?" 
But Jesus answered him never a word ; insomuch 
that the governor marvelled greatly. Then said 
Pilate to the chief priests and the people, " I find 



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no fault in this man." And they were the more 
fierce, saying, " He stirreth up the people through- 
out all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place." 

When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether 
the man were a Galilean. And as soon as he knew 
that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent 
him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem 
at that time. And when Herod saw Jesus, he was 
exceeding glad ; for he was desirous to see him of 
a long season, because he had heard many things 
of him, and he hoped to have some miracle done 
by him. Then he questioned him in many words .; 
but he answered him nothing. And the chief priests 
and the scribes stood and vehemently accused him. 
And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, 
and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous 
robe, and sent him again to Pilate. And the same 
day Pilate and Herod were made friends together ; 
for before they were at enmity between themselves. 

And Pilate, when he had called together the 
chief priests and the rulers and the people, said 
unto them, " Ye have brought this man unto me, 
as one that perverteth the people ; and, behold, I, 
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fault in this man touching those things whereof ye 
accuse him ; no, nor yet Herod, for I sent you tc 
him, and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto 
him. I will therefore chastise him, and release 
him." Now at that feast the governor was wont 
to release unto the people one prisoner, whomso- 
ever they desired. And they had then a notable 
prisoner, called Barabbas, which lay bound with 
them that had made insurrection with him, who 
had committed murder in the insurrection. And 
the multitude crying .aloud desired him to do as 
he had ever done unto them. Therefore, when 
they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, 
" Whom will ye that I release unto you ? Barab- 
bas, or Jesus which is called Christ, the King of 
the Jews ? " 

When Pilate was set down on the judgment seat, 
his wife sent unto him, saying, " Have thou noth- 
ing to do with that just man ; for I have suffered 
many things this day in a dream because of him." 

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the 
multitude that they should ask that he should 
rather release Barabbas unto them, and destroy 
Jesus, saying, "Away with this man, and release 



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tinto us Barabbas." Pilate, therefore, willing to 
release Jesus, spake again to them, " Whether of 
the twain will ye that I release unto you ?' ' They 
said, " Barabbas." Pilate saith unto them, " What 
shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ, 
whom ye call the King of the Jews ?" And they 
cried out again, " Crucify him, crucify him." Then 
Pilate said the third time, " Why, what evil hath 
he done ? I have found no cause of death in him. 
I will therefore chastise him, and let him go." And 
they cried out the more exceedingly, "Crucify 
him." When Pilate saw that he could prevail 
nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he 
took water and washed his hands before the multi- 
tude, saying, " I am innocent of the blood of this 
just person ; see ye to it." Then answered all the 
people and said, " His blood be on us and on our 
children." And so Pilate, willing to content the 
people, gave sentence that it should be as they re- 
quired. And he released unto them him who for 
sedition and murder was cast into prison, and 
whom they desired ; but he delivered Jesus, when 
he had scourged him, to their will, to be crucified. 



CHAPTER X. 



Good Friday (Concluded). Jesus on the Way to Cal- 
vary—The Crucifixion— Jesus on the Cross — The Mother 
cj Jesus — "It is Finished"— Jesus Laid in the Grave. 

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus 
into the common hall, called the Praetorium, and 
gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. 
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet 
robe. And when they had platted a crown of 
thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in 
his right hand ; and they bowed the knee before 
him and began to salute him, and mocked him, 
saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they 
smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit 
upon him. and bowing their knees worshiped him. 
And when they had mocked him, they took off the 
purple robe from him, put his own clothes on him 
and led him out to crucify him. And they took 
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went forth. And as they led him away, they found 
and laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, who 
passed by, coming out of the country, the father 
of Alexander and Rufus, on him they laid the cross 
and compelled him to bear it after Jesus. 

And there followed him a great company of peo- 
ple, and of women, which also bewailed and la- 
mented him. But Jesus turning unto them said r 
" Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but 
weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, 
behold, the days are coming, in which they shall 
say, ' Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that 
never bare, and the paps which never gave suck/ 
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, 
' Fall on us and to the hills, ' Cover us, ' For if 
they do these things in a green tree, what shall be 
done in the dry ?" And there were also two others, 
malefactors, led with him to be put to death. 

And when they were come to a place called Cal- 
vary, which is [also] called Golgotha, that is, being 
interpreted, the place of a skull, they gave him 
vinegar to drink mingled with gall ; but when he 
had tasted thereof, he would not drink. There 
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him., one on the right hand, and the other on the 
left, and Jesus in the midst. And the Scripture 
was fulfilled; which saith, '''And he was numbered 
with the transgressors." Then said Jesus, u Father, 
forgive them ; for they know not what they do.'' 
And Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. 
And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH. 
THE KING OF THE JEWS." This title then 
read many of the Jews ; for the place where Jesus 
was crucified was nigh to the city. And it was 
written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then 
said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, ''Write 
not. 4 The King of the Jews but that he said, ' I 
am King of the Jews.' " Pilate answered, " What 
I have written, I have written." 

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, 
took his garments and made four parts, to every 
soldier a part ; and also his coat. Now this coat 
was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 
They said therefore among themselves, "Let us 
not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be ;" 
that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which was 
spoken by the prophet., "They parted my gar- 
ments among them, and upon my vesture did they 



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cast lots." These things therefore the soldiers did. 
And it was the third hour, when they crucified him. 
And sitting down they watched him. And the 
people stood beholding ; and they that passed by 
railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying,. 
" Ah ! Thou that destroy est the temple, and build- 
est it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the 
Son of God, come down from the cross." Like- 
wise also the chief priests mocking him, with the 
scribes and elders, and the rulers also with them, 
derided him, saying, " He saved others, himself he 
cannot save. Let him save himself, if he be Christ,, 
the chosen of God. If he be the King of Israel, 
let him now come down from the cross, that we 
may see, and we will believe him. He trusted in 
God ; let him deliver him now, if he will have him; 
for he said, ( I am the Son of God. ' ' ' And the 
soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offer- 
ing him vinegar, and saying, 1 ' If thou be the King 
of the Jews, save thyself." And one of the male- 
factors, which were hanged with him, railed on 
him, saying, "If thou be Christ, save thyself and 
us." But the other answering rebuked him, say- 
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the same condemnation ? And we indeed justly ; 
for we receive the due reward of our deeds ; but 
this man hath done nothing amiss." And he said 
unto Jesus, " Lord, remember me when thou com- 
est into thy kingdom." And Jesus said unto him, 
1 1 Verily I say unto thee, to-day shalt thou be with 
me in paradise. " 

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, 
and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, 
and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw 
his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he 
loved, he saith unto his mother, " Woman, behold 
thy son !" Then saith he to the disciple, " Behold 
thy mother !" And from that hour that disciple 
took her unto his own home. 

And when the sixth hour was come there was 
darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 
And the sun was darkened. And about the ninth 
hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, " Eli, 
Eli, lama sabachthani ? " that is to say, " My God, 
my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? " And some 
of them that stood by, when they heard it said, 
"Behold, he calleth Elias." Alter this, Jesus 
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that the Scriptures might be fulfilled, saith, " I 
thirst. ' ' Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar, 
and straightway one of them ran and took a sponge 
and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed and 
gave him to drink. The rest said, " Let be, let us 
see whether Elias will come to save him." When 
jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, 
" It is finished/ ' And when Jesus had cried with 
a loud voice, he said, ' ' Father, into thy hands I 
commend my spirit. ' ' 

And having said thus, he bowed his head and 
gave up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the 
temple was rent in twain from the top to the bot- 
tom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent ; 
and the graves were opened, and many bodies of 
the saints which slept arose, and came out of the 
graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy 
city, and appeared unto many. And when the 
centurion, which stood over against him, and they 
that were with him watching Jesus, saw the earth 
quake, and those things that were done, that he so 
cried out, and gave up the ghost, they feared great- 
ly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God." 
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beholding the things that were done, smote their 
breasts and returned. And all his acquaintance, 
and the women that followed Jesus from Galilee, 
ministering unto him, stood afar off, beholding 
these things, among whom was Mary Magdalene 
and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, 
and Salome the mother of Zebedee's children (who 
also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and 
ministered unto him) ; and many other women 
which came up with him unto Jerusalem. 

The Jews therefore, because it was the prepara- 
tion, that the bodies should not remain upon the 
cross on the Sabbath day, (for the Sabbath day was 
a high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might 
be broken, and that they might be taken away. 
Then came the soldiers and broke the legs of the 
first and of the other which were crucified with him. 
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was 
dead already, they broke not his legs ; but one of 
the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forth- 
with came thereout blood and water. And he that 
saw it bare record, and his record is true ; and he 
knoweth that he saith the truth, that ye might be- 
ieve. For these things were done, that the Scrip- 



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ture should be fulfilled, ' ' A bone of him shall not 
be broken." And again another Scripture saith, 
" They shall look on him whom they pierced." 

And after this, when the even was come, because 
it was the preparation, that is, the day before the 
Sabbath, there came a rich man, named Joseph, an 
honorable counsellor, and he was a good and just 
man (the same had not consented to the counsel 
and deed of them); he was of Arimathea, a city of 
the Jews, who also himself waited for the kingdom 
of God, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for 
fear of the Jews. This man went in boldly unto 
Pilate and begged, that he might take away the 
body of Jesus. And Pilate marvelled if he were 
dead already. And calling unto him the centurion,, 
he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 
And when he knew it of the centurion, Pilate com- 
manded the body to be delivered to Joseph. He 
came therefore and took the body of Jesus. And 
there came also Nicodemus, who at the first came 
to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh 
and aloes, about a hundred pounds. And when 
Joseph had taken the body down, he wrapped it in 
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spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Now 
in the place where he was crucified there was a. 
garden, and in the garden a new sepulchre, where- 
in was never man yet laid. There they laid Jesus> 
therefore in his own [i. e., Joseph's] new tomb, 
which he had hewn out in a rock, because of the 
Jews' preparation day, for the sepulchre was high 
at hand. And he rolled a great stone to the door 
of the sepulchre, and departed. And the Sabbath 
drew on. 

And the woman also, who came with him from 
Galilee, followed after, and sitting over against the 
sepulchre, beheld the sepulchre, and how his body 
was laid. And they returned and prepared spices, 
and ointments, and rested the Sabbath day accord- 
ing to the commandment. 



CHAPTER XL 



Silent Saturday. The Sepulchre Guarded: Matt. 
27 : 62-66. 

Now the next day that followed the day of pre- 
paration, [i. e., the Sabbath, our Saturday,] the 
chief priests and Pharisees came together unto 
Pilate, saying, " Sir, we remember that that de- 
ceiver said, while he was yet alive, ' After three 
days I will rise again/ Command therefore that the 
sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his 
disciples come by night and steal him away, and 
say unto the people, ' He is risen from the dead ; ' 
so the last error shall be worse than the first." 
Pilate said unto them, " Ye have a watch ; go your 
way, make it as sure as you can. ' ' 

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, seal- 
ing the stone, and setting a watch. 



CHAPTER XII. 

Easter Sunday, the Eleventh of Nisan, A. D. 30. 
I? 1 ci dents of the Resurrection of Jesus: Matt. 2S : 1-13 ; 
Mark 16: 1-13 ; Luke 24: 1-43 ; John 20: 1-23. — The 
Resurrection — The Guard return to the City — Mary — 
Announcement to Peter and John— The Lord Appears to 
Mary— Jesus and the two Disciptes on the Hay to Emmaus 
— Jesics appears to the Disciples, 

And when the Sabbath was past,, Mary Magda- 
lene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome 
had brought sweet spices, that they might come 
and anoint him. 

In the end of the Sabbath as it began to dawn 
toward the first day of the week, came Mary Mag- 
dalene and the other Mary, and certain others with 
them, to see the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun. 
And, behold, there was a great earthquake ; for the 
angel of God descended from heaven, and came 
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upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and 
his raiment white as snow : and for fear of him the 
keepers did shake and became as dead men. And 
they [the women] said among themselves, "Who 
shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sep- 
ulchre ?' ' And when they looked, they saw that the 
stone was rolled away ; for it was very great. And 
they entered in, and found not the body of the 
Lord Jesus. And it came to pass, as they were 
much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood 
by them in shining garments ; and as they were 
afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said 
unto them, " Why seek ye the living among the 
dead ? He is not here, but is risen ; remember 
how he spoke unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 
saying, 4 The Son of man must be delivered into 
the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the 
third day rise again. ' ' ' And they remembered his 
words. ' ' But go your way quickly, and tell his 
disciples and Peter, that he is risen from the dead ; 
and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee, there 
shall ye see him." And they went out quickly, 
and fled from the sepulchre with fear and great joy, 
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bring his disciples word ; neither said they anything 
to any man, for they were afraid. 

Now when they were going, behold, some of the 
watch came into the city, and showed unto the chief 
priests all the things that were done. And when 
they were assembled with the elders, and had taken 
counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 
saying, "Say ye, his disciples came by night, and 
stole him away while we slept. And if this come 
to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and 
secure you." So they took the money, and did as 
they were taught ; and this saying is commonly re- 
ported among the Jews until this day. 

Then she * [i. e. Mary Magdalene] runneth and 
cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, 
whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, " They 
have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, 
and we know not where they have laid him." 
Peter therefore went forth and that other disciple, 
and came to the sepulchre. So they ran both to- 
gether ; and the other disciple did outrun Peter, 

*St. John, 20 : 1,2, leaves the impression that Mary, as 
soon as she saw the open sepulchre, returned immediate- 
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and came first to the sepulchre, and he stooping 
down and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying ; 
yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter fol- 
lowing him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth 
the linen clothes lie, and the napkin, that was about 
his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but 
wrapped together in a place by itself. Then went 
in also that other disciple, which came first to the 
sepulchre, and he saw and believed. For as yet 
they knew not the Scripture, that he must rise 
again from the dead. Then the disciples went away 
again unto their own home, wondering at that 
which was come to pass. 

But Mary [having followed Peter and John to 
the sepulchre] stood without at the sepulchre weep- 
ing ; and as she wept, she stooped down and looked 
into the sepulchre, and seeth two angels in white 
sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the 
feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they 
say unto her, "Woman, why weepest thou ? " She 
saith unto them, " Because they have taken away 
my Lord, and I know not where they have laid 
him." And when she had thus said, she turned 
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that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, " Woman, 
why weepest thou ? whom seekest thou ? ? 1 She, 
supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, 
" Sir. if thou have borne him hence, tell me where 
thou hast laid him, and I will take him away." 
Jesus saith unto her,. "Mary/' She turned her- 
self and saith unto him. " Rabboni," which is to 
say, " Master." Jesus saith unto her. " Touch me 
not, for I am not yet ascended to my Father ; but 
go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend 
unto my Father and your Father ; and to my God 
and your God. M And Mary Magdalene went and 
told the disciples that had been with him, as they 
mourned and wept, that she had seen the Lord, and 
that he had spoken these things unto her. And 
they, when they had heard that he was alive, and 
had been seen of her, believed not. 

After that he appeareth in another form unto two 
of them that same day, as they walked and went 
into the country, to a village called Emmaus, which 
was from Jerusalem about three-score furlongs. 
And they talked together of all these things which 
had happened. And it came to pass, that, while 
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self drew near, and went with them. But their 
eyes were holden that they should not know him, 
And he said unto them, " What manner of com- 
munications are these that ye have one to another, 
as ye walk, and are sad ?" And the one of them, 
whose name was Cleophas, answering said unto 
him, ' 6 Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and 
hast not known the things which are come to pass 
there in these days?" And he said unto them, 
<l What things?" And they said unto him, " Con- 
cerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet 
mighty in deed and word before God and all the 
people ; and how the chief priests and our rulers 
delivered him to be condemned to death, and have 
crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he 
which should have redeemed Israel ; and beside all 
this, to-day is the third day since these things were 
done. Yea, and certain women also of our com- 
pany made us astonished, which were early at the 
sepulchre ; and when they found not his body, they 
came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of 
angels, which said that he was alive. And certain 
of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, 



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and found it so even as the women had said ; but 
him they saw not. ' ' 

Then he said unto them, " O fools, and slow of 
heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken ; 
ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and 
to enter into his glory?" And beginning at Moses 
and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in 
all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. 
And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they 
went ; and he made as though he would have gone 
further. But they constrained him, saying, "Abide 
with us ; for it is toward evening, and the day is 
far spent." And he went in to tarry with them. 
And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, 
he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave 
to them. And their eyes were opened, and they 
knew him ; and he vanished out of their sight. 
And they said one to another, " Did not our heart 
burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, 
and while he opened to us the Scriptures?" And 
they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jeru- 
salem, and found the eleven gathered together, and 
them that were with them, saying, " The Lord is 
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they told what things were done in the way, and 
how he was known of them in breaking of bread. 

Then the same day, at evening, as they thus 
spoke, being the first day of the week, when the 
doors were shut where the disciples were assembled 
for fear of the Jews, Jesus himself came and stood 
in the midst of them, and saith unto them, " Peace 
be unto you." But they were terrified and affright- 
ed, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And 
he said unto them, " Why are ye troubled? And 
why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold my 
hands and my feet, that it is I myself ; handle me 
and see, for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye 
see me have." And when he had thus spoken, he 
showed them his hands and his feet and his side. 
Then were the disciples glad when they saw the 
Lord. And while they yet believed not for joy, 
and wondered, he said unto them, ' £ Have ye here 
any meat ?" And they gave him a piece of broiled 
fish, and of a honey-comb. And he took it, and 
did eat before them. Then said Jesus to them 
again, " Peace be unto you; as my Father hath 
sent me, even so send I you." And when he had 
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" Receive ye the Holy Ghost ; whosesoever sins ye 
remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whoseso- 
ever sins ye retain, they are retained." 

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, 
was not with them when Jesus came, the other dis- 
ciples therefore said unto him, " We have seen the 
Lord." But he said unto them, " Except I shall 
see in his hands the print of the nails, and thrust 
my hand into his side, I will not believe." 



CHAPTER XIII. 

Events Subsequent to the Resurrection. The 
Gospel Record : Matt 28 : 16-20 ; Mark 16 : 14 ; John 
20: 26 — 21: 24, — Jesus Appears again to the Disciples — 
Jesus in Galilee— Meets the Disciples at the Sea of Tibe- 
rias — " Love 'st thou me Jesus seen by all the\Apostles, 

And after eight days again his disciples were 
within and Thomas with them. Then came Jesus, 
the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, as 
they sat at meat, and said, " Peace be unto you." 
And (Jesus) upbraided them with their unbelief and 
hardness of heart, because they believed not them 
which had seen him after he was risen. Then saith 
he to Thomas, " Reach hither thy finger, and be- 
hold my hands ; and reach hither thy hand and 
thrust it into my side, and be not faithless, but be- 
lieving. ' ' And Thomas answered and said unto 
him, (C My Lord and my God." Jesus saith unto 
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hast believed ; blessed are they that have not seen, 
and yet have believed." 

Then the eleven disciples went into Galilee, into 
a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And 
when they saw him, they worshiped him ; but some 
doubted. And Jesus came and spake unto them, 
saying, " All power is given unto me in heaven and 
in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations 
[lit.: make disciples of all nations], baptizing them 
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things 
whatsoever I have commanded you : and, lo, I am 
with you alway, even unto the end of the world. 
Amen." 

After these tilings Jesus showed himself again 
to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias [Galilee] ; and 
on this wise showed he himself. There were to- 
gether Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, 
and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of 
Zebedee, and two other of the disciples. Simon 
Peter saith unto them, " I go a fishing." Thev 
say unto him, "We also go with thee." They 
went forth, and entered into a ship immediately : 
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morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore ; 
but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. Then 
Jesus saith unto them, "Children, have ye any 
meat?" They answered him, "No." And he 
said unto them, " Cast the net on the right side of 
the ship, and ye shall find." They cast therefore, 
and now they were not able to draw it for the mul- 
titude of fishes. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus 
loved saith unto Peter, "It is the Lord." Now 
when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt 
his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and 
did cast himself into the sea. And the other dis- 
ciples came in a little ship, (for they were not far 
from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) 
dragging the net with fishes. As soon then as they 
were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, 
and fish laid thereon and bread. Jesus saith unto 
them, 1 ' Bring of the fish which ye have now 
caught." Simon Peter went up and drew the net 
to land full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty and 
three ; and for all there were so many, yet was not 
the net broken. Jesus saith unto them, " Come 
and dine." And none of the disciples durst ask 
him, "Who art thou?" knowing that it was the 



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Lord. Jesus then cometh and taketh bread, and 
giveth them, and fish likewise. This is now the 
third time that Jesus showed himself to his disci- 
ples, after that he was risen from the dead. 

So when he had dined, Jesus saith to Simon 
Peter., " Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more 
than these?" He saith unto him, "Yea, Lord; 
thou knowest that I love thee." He saith to him, 
" Feed my lambs." He saith to him the second 
time, " Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ?" He 
saith unto him, "Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I 
love thee." He saith unto him, " Feed my sheep." 
He saith unto him the third time, "Simon, son of 
Jonas, lovest thou me?" Peter was grieved be- 
cause he said unto him the third time, " Lovest 
thou me?" And he said unto him, " Lord, thou 
knowest all things ; thou knowest that I love thee." 
Jesus saith unto him, " Feed my sheep. Verily, 
verily, I say unto thee, when thou wast young, 
thou girdedst thyself and walkedst whither thou 
wouldest ; but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt 
stretch forth thy hands and another shall gird thee, 
and carry thee whither thou wouldest not." This 
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rify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith 
unto him, " Follow me." 

Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple 
whom Jesus loved following, who also leaned on 
his breast at supper and said, " Lord, which is he 
that betray eth thee ?" Peter seeing him, saith to 
Jesus, " Lord, and what shall this man do?" Jesus 
saith unto him, " If I will that he tarry till I come, 
what is that to thee ? follow thou me." Then went 
this saying abroad among the brethren, that that 
disciple should not die ; yet Jesus said not unto 
him, " He shall not die;" but, " If I will that he 
tarry till I come, what is that to thee?" This is 
the disciple which testifieth of these things, and 
wrote these things ; and we know that his testi- 
mony is true. 

After that he was seen of above five hundred' 
brethren at once. After that, he was seen of James ;. 
then of all the apostles (i Cor. 14 : 6, 7). 



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